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540 Global Information Technology |
Summary
of the Course
Text Book and Printed Resources
Prerequisites
Grading
Teaching Method
Global
IT Project (CID
Framework)
Week by Week Schedule
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Summary
of the course:
This
course introduces students to global information systems. The
course is designed for students who desire to understand the way
managers, teams, and organizations develop, use and manage
global information systems. IS/IT coordination issues for
international operations are vastly more complex than purely
domestic ones because they involve all the issues of domestic
operations plus many additional difficulties, such as, time,
distance, cost and culture. The course covers a range of global
IS/IT applications and how they are deployed in global
organizations.
After completing this course students should have:
- A better
understanding of the variety of global information management
issues facing managers, teams and individuals in organizations
- A better
understanding of issues involved in building a success global
software team.
- Students
will be able to conduct a national IT assessment for any
country and analyze the implications for global organization.
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Textbooks
and Cases printed resources:
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Carmel, E. and Agarwal, R. Tactical Approaches for Alleviating
Distance in Global Software Development, IEEE Software March /
April 2001
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Others will be posted soon.
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Pre-Requisites:
IS Core
knowledge
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Group
project 30%
Individual Assignments 40%
Participation 10%
Term Paper 20%
Total 100%
Grading Scale: 92 - 100 A 90 - 91 A- 88 - 89 B+ 82 - 87 B
80 - 81 B- 78 - 79 C+ 72 - 77 C 70 - 71 C- 68 - 69 D+ 62 -
67 D 60 - 61 D- 0 - 59 F
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Teaching
Method:
A
combination of teaching methods will be used (lecturing, guest
speakers, group presentations, etc).
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Week
by week schedule
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date |
Topic/Task |
Reading |
Class 1
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Course
Overview:
Global Information Systems.. |
Introduction
1 |
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Class 2
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Information
Technology Impact on Transnational Firms
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Class
3
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Global
Software Teams
Crossing Borders
Case study 1 discussions: Timberjack parts
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Class
4
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Assessment
of Global Software Teams
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Class
5
Guest
Speaker
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Problems of Global Software Teams
Term paper due |
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Class
6
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Cultural differences
One page group project's progress report
due. |
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Class
7
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Solutions to the Global Software Teams Problems
Telecommunications Infrastructure
Collaborative Technology
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Class
8
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Development Methodology
Architecture and Task Allocation
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Class
9
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Building the Dispersed Team through Trust, Communication, and
Personal Bridges |
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Class
10
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Presentations |
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